It’s been quite a while since the last mainline Sonic game. Five years ago, Sonic Forces released to an overwhelmingly mild reception. It and its predecessor Sonic Lost World were seen as average-at-best experiments, being lamented for being lesser experiences and their lack of ambition. Sonic Team seems to have taken those criticisms quite personally, […]
Back in 2020, a game called Little Witch Nobeta was put into Steam’s Early Access. It immediately gained popularity thanks to its blend of a cute anime aesthetic and Dark Souls-inspired gameplay. Now, it’s finally seen its release and is a fully completed game, so how does it fare? In Search of the Throne Nobeta, […]
Even well after the launch of the original game, Splatoon remains one of the biggest surprises to come out of Nintendo in the modern day. A brand new IP in an unexplored genre for the company, launching on the floundering Wii U? Prospects for its performance were dim, but Splatoon earned its place among Nintendo’s […]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails is a massive, sprawling series of deeply interconnected RPGs. Starting all the way back in 2004, it’s seen massive growth and now has a whopping 12 games under its belt. While the series has seen its share of success outside of Japan, one set of games managed to slip through […]
It’s always a good time to be a fan of the Musou genre, it always feels like a new experience with these games is just around the corner. This time, though, we have a remaster of a fan favorite experience on our plates. Originally released in 2011 and seeing its Ultimate version released in 2014, […]
The Xenoblade series only seems to be growing larger and larger by the day. It wasn’t that long ago where fans of Monolith Soft had been fighting to see the first game be released in the west. Now, it’s the darling child of Nintendo’s RPG lineup. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is yet another massive, sweeping epic […]
It’s been six years since the last numbered Gunvolt title, but things have certainly kept busy with the Gunvolt Chronicles spin-offs that had been steadily moving the series forward in its place. But now, Inti Creates returns once again with Azure Striker Gunvolt 3, promising an evolved blend of compelling narrative and action platforming that first put […]
Sonic’s no stranger to compilations and remasters, yet after last year’s lukewarm Sonic Colors remaster, some fans have been left skeptical of how future ones might turn out. Spearheading the Blue Blur’s 31st anniversary is yet another remaster, or rather, a full set of remasters. Sonic Origins aims to deliver the definitive experiences of all […]
Originally released in 1992 for the SNES, Pocky & Rocky was a darling child among fans of Natsume. It spawned what was a modestly successful series, until it suddenly ceased all activity for about two decades. That was until last year, with the surprise announcement of a remake of the original game, Pocky & Rocky: […]
It wasn’t that long ago when Puyo Puyo was a mostly unknown franchise outside of Japan. Barring some fringe releases here and there, Sega seemed mostly content with allowing it to stay that way. That all changed with the release of Puyo Puyo Tetris in 2017, which was a roaring success worldwide. Since then, the […]